... evolves from a germ warfare agent known as "mycoplasma fermentans". This agent contains a gene that is linked to the HIV virus. However, Gulf War Illness spreads much more rapidly then the AIDS virus. It can be transmitted through casual contact such as perspiration or even a cough. These organisms ... the nation in the collection of diseases and provides information to institutions nationwide about various microbes. The controversy about biological warfare being used in the Gulf War has surfaced worldwide. A New York Times article reported "Senator Says U.S. Allowed Export of Lethal Viru...

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... or Not To Be? Many situations led to the beginning of World War II. Also, many situations are beginning to lead us into a possible war with Iraq. The two leaders of the opposing sides share many similarities and differences. Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein may be seen as completely ... when he was told not to. They both are very strong leaders. They both use fear as a force to control their people and their country. But on the negative side they have also turned that force into torture and abuse of their own people and of others. Both Hussein and Hitler failed to comply ... I began wri...

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... the minds of every individual. War is defined as the state of open, armed, often a prolonged conflict or contention carried on between nations, states or even parties. Over the last 40 years, the U.S has bombed Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Yugoslavia and many other nations. War between nations has only brought ... about distress, costs innocent lives and ruins the economic conditions of the country. In the end of the war, the ... out towards and against it. Though in the previous wars World War I and II, U.S had taken up the victory, it did disturb the stabilized conditions of the society. ...

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There are many causes for the current war in which our nation is fighting the Iraqis. Not only has the country of Iraq been aiding terrorists since September 11th, even though our country has been seeking out terrorists, ... any country has the ability to pull off a task life that, one must ask themselves what can be done to prevent this; and the answer is war. Finally, perhaps the main reason we are at war is the dictator of Iraq, the widely feared Saddam Hussein. We have known how irrational he has been in the past and we are now taking ... being portrayed as the Anti-Christ, there must ...

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... of Saddam Hussein and the United States, there has been much opposition to the war and the reasoning for the U.S. and its allies to wage this war with Iraq. According to the Pope John Paul II and his views, diplomacy and peace have been at the top of his concerns on the situation brewing in Iraq. For example, in two ways where the Vatican ... argues that the war in Iraq is not just, is where there is a lack of just ... peace must be tried throughout all paths. Being a practicing Catholic and a member of the church, I respect the Vatican's stance on the current situation in Iraq, but I ...

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... Hitler and the surrender of Germany in Berlin marked the much anticipated and celebrated finish of World War 2 in Europe. The strength and strategy of the Allied powers over the Axis powers led to the end of Germany's control in much of Europe. World War II was indisputably the worst war in history. Many lives were taken, not only by individuals fighting in the ... war, but also civilian lives. Hitler's Germany was a threat to many neighboring countries, and ultimately all of Europe. The extent of Hitler ... terrible crimes that had been committed. As for reconstruction in Iraq, the US...

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... the worst of the war is over, the stage would be set for a healthy recovery, probably even sometime next year. In the past, wars have had many different effects on the economy. In 1941, the United States was struggled to emerge from the Depression. The war of World War II in 1942 helped to ... take America out of this depression. At the end of the war, America had almost a fully employed society. On Sept. 11, it was already clear that the United States was enduring a sharp ... Gas masks were developed by the allies to protect soldiers from the German gas attacks. The German then resorte...

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... military aid to the North Vietnamese and to the NLF, but was not one of the military combatants. The lowest casualty estimates, based on the now-renounced North Vietnamese statements, are around 1.5 million Vietnamese killed. Vietnam released figures in 1995 that a total of one million ... Sanchez. Nicaragua is still among the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. Shortly after the Nicaraguan conflict, things started to change drastically on the global front. On November 9, 1989 East Germany's Communist party leader Gunter Schabowski, said that the Berlin Wall's border would be op...

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... , and over 100,000 Iraqi "Scuds" lay charred, mutilated, and strewn across the oil-rich, heat-laden wasteland. If the war was over, why was Saddam Hussein allowed to continue on with his devious plotting? Why didn't the U.S. finish the job and eliminate the main honcho, the big antagonist, the man who ... PO"ed the mighty United States? It seems that perhaps Big Daddy Bush didn't quite get the job done, and now Dubuyuh's going to take a gander at things and fix his Pa's mistakes. War, war, war ... English language, yet, why is such a small, three-letter word the source of so much pain a...

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... place. Was Bush's evidence actually legit or was it all just circumstantial evidence? I, personally, believe that Bush had no legit reason to go to war with Iraq. Sure Saddam was a horrible ruler and did some hideous things to his people, but why did we have to go their and wipe ... quickly the country manages to get back on its feet -- it does after all have the second largest oil reserves in the world, and a fertile agricultural economy. If you want to make comparisons, so far the cost of rebuilding Afghanistan has topped $900 million. After World War II -- the Marshall Plan -- a mod...

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... visited to Iraq after the US attacked Iraq. After I watched the movie, it looks like the U.S. military did not know what to expect in they go into war in Iraq. At the beginning of the movie, it has show that the U.S. soldiers are punished the Iraqis, bullying, quarreling, and fired at the car, and ... Without the support of U.N. and most of the country around the world, U.S. decided to go into war. Shortly after the war, U.S. couldn't find evidence to prove to the world that Iraq has weapon of mass destruction. And the war has destroyed most big city in Iraq. The expenses that U.S. have t...

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... (former leader of the U.S effort to find banned weapons in Iraq) says "that there were in fact illicit weapons in Iraq in 1991." After the war, the Iraqis got rid of the weapons themselves because of the constant U.N. random searches. All of Kay's statements undermined President Bush's statements. Bush said that ... not paid much attention to them is because why would they even think of striking us? Do you think little ole North Korea would just start a Nuclear War just for "shits?" No, we are more concerned about our enemies of today getting a nuclear power, not our enemies of yesterday...

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... two altrustic reasons: Iraq has extremely vialated the human rights, and Iraq threatened the international security with weapons of mass destruction. However, the facts in post-war Iraq tell us that either is there liberation for Iraqi people, nor have the weapons of mass destruction ever been found. However the key issue is the oil. Iraqi people ... is a lack of adequatenursing, medicine, power and water. Moreover, male US soldiers even sexually assaulted women in many circumstances. Additionally,after Bush claimed victory in Iraqi war, it has been becoming increasingly clear that thi...

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... yeah america hit me and ill hit Israel and you'll see what will happen.everyone says we go over there for oil, no in 1991 when the war first started schartzcof *dont know how to spell his name but was the general in charge of desert storm* any way right before it started america and allies ... should not be met with violence we need a proper way to solve this" because they dont want stuff to happen with iraq, the UN has had a embargo on iraq so we wont trade stuff with them so the french trade with iraq all the time because they can get their gas and other stuff real cheap with the ... ...

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... According to Saddam Hussein, this brought down world oil prices and caused financial loss of billions of dollars in Iraq's annual revenue. ("The Persian Gulf War", Don Nardo). War on Terrorism- September 11, 2001 Before the world stopped in orbit, a nervous Saudi son wed the daughter of a former Egyptian cop. Like a dream ... day thing. We seemed to have forgotten reality and mad very easily. We didn't love one another, and committed universal sins! ("A Different Kind of War", U.S. News) Chemical Weapons Chemical weapons contain certain elements that change into a gas. It can be prevent...

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A woman once told me "we cannot live without war." I cannot understand this way of thinking, but then maybe I"m a "gather not a hunter". Since the beginning of time the human race has always fought over something: food, shelter, land and ... different in the past ten (10) years, so why did Bush send our troops over there in a war that is not our own? On an MTV broadcast, President Bush said, "this is the man that tried to kill my father." Could this war be a personal vendetta against Saddam? Have our sons, daughters and grandchildren been killed and put in harms way ... and every one of us. ...

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... Senator J. William Fulbright, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. While on the floor Senator John S. Cooper asked "if looking ahead, the president decided that it was necessary to use such force as could lead into war, will we give that authority by this resolution?" The answer he received ... from Senator Ernest Gruening, who considered the resolution a "blank check" for a war any where in Southeast Asia. The House of Representatives took about an hour to debate the resolution before passing it unanimously. On August 10th President Johnson signed the resolution into law, an...

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War in the Middle East has been apart of our news media for as long as anyone can remember. Why is it that people and our United States government take such a ... reason the U.N. is such a good idea is because since it is made up of so many different countries, when the U.N. has to make a decision, it will not make a bias decision. On January 10, 1984 an article entitled "U.S. Said to Be Limited In Ways It Can Aid Iraq" was published in the New York Times. In this article it states The Reagan ... ...

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... won't let inspectors in. President Bush has stated many examples of Saddam Hussein's homicidal prowess, and didn't have to work to hard to convince Americans on that point. Furthermore the brutality of Hussein's regime is easily unquestionable. His past actions demonstrate the need for disarmament and a strict weapons inspections program with ... end, we need to step back and see if there are better answers towards a solution in Iraq. Before Congress extends its constitutionally mandated authority to declare war and we commit to military action, the United States must exhaust all diplomat...

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THE WAR ON IRAQ The quote I like is the one where Jefferson asserts: "I do not believe war the most certain means of enforcing principles. Those peaceable coercions which are in the power of every nation, if undertaken in concert and in time ... pressure Saddam Hussein about weapons of mass destruction, and the methods he was using to lead Iraq, I was not happy that they were trying to start a war. I have always felt that war never really solves anything, just like I do not believe that teens fighting or anyone fighting, for that matter, ever solves anything. I have always felt ... sent the I...

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... won't let inspectors in. President Bush has stated many examples of Saddam Hussein's homicidal prowess, and didn't have to work to hard to convince Americans on that point. Furthermore the brutality of Hussein's regime is easily unquestionable. His past actions demonstrate the need for disarmament and a strict weapons inspections program with ... end, we need to step back and see if there are better answers towards a solution in Iraq. Before Congress extends its constitutionally mandated authority to declare war and we commit to military action, the United States must exhaust all diplomat...

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... no acceptable policy alternative exists. The only way to adequately deal with Saddam, according to this view, is to use force. The conclusion that preventive war is the only effective option rests on five key judgments: 1. The containment of Saddam is failing. For nearly a dozen years, Saddam has been contained and handicapped by the constraints and limitations he was compelled to accept ... in the aftermath of his defeat in the 1991 Gulf war. But this approach never worked perfectly and has degraded across time. For many proponents of the ... game of cheat and retreat, and is very ski...

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... be waged as a last resort. All non violent options must be exhausted before the use of force can be justified. We have not used all possible remedies to end the war on terrorism. For instance, we have not yet found Bin Laden and tried him for his actions. This would be a safer and more peaceful way to go about ending this ... discriminate between combatants and non-combatants. Civilians are never permissible targets of war, and every effort must be taken to avoid killing civilians. The deaths of civilians are justified only if they are unavoidable victims of a deliberate attack on a mil...

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... United States and around the world. I am going to express my opinion of the war and then I will defend the people on the other side of it. If I were in Presidents Bush's position I would have gone to war. Any country or person who is a threat to others should be dealt with in ... let terrorist use them against other countries. A nuclear or chemical attack anywhere in the world could start a war that would have disastrous results. On the other hand those who oppose the war have legitimate opinions. Those Americans who remember the Vietnam and Korean wars have not forgotten. Thousands of ...

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... will give weapons to terrorist groups that may or may not use them against us one day. It seems as though he is cashing in on the grief and anger that has been increasing since September 11th, 2001. We were all looking for someone to put the blame ... on; and now we have it, right? - Someone who had no part in the events of the World Trade Center destruction but who just might, according to ... couldn't get Osama Bin Laden, so now we must try to get another supposed terrorist group supporter. These aren't grounds for a war with Iraq. Our President believes one of the reasons for waging ...

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